Orbital’s COTS mission center; Taurus IV launch; Delta IV heavy launch
Orbital opens a mission operations center for its Taurus II/Cygnus system, which will deliver cargo to the ISS: Orbital Opens Mission Operations Center for NASA’s Commerical Cargo Services Program: Control Center for International Space Station Cargo Resupply Missions Now Fully Functional at Company’s Dulles, Virginia Facilities: NASA Administrator Charles Bolden On Hand for Opening Ceremony – Orbital Sciences. === Orbital plans to launch a Minotaur IV with seven military, NASA and university satellites on Friday from the Kodiak launch complex: Minotaur Launch Report | Minotaur rocket readied for liftoff from Alaska next week – Spaceflight Now. === On Thursday night a Delta IV Heavy is scheduled to launch a spy satellite from Cape Canaveral: Delta Launch Report | Mission Status Center – Spaceflight Now